Every Home Energy Rebate for Kingston Homeowners

Honest math for Kingston

A typical household stacking a heat pump with solar or battery nets $4,000–$17,000 in direct rebates — identical to Toronto and Ottawa, since this is a provincial program.

We could not confirm a hard expiry date for these programs on the official site as of this writing — check homerenovationsavings.ca directly before relying on any deadline you see elsewhere.

Attic insulation pays more if you bundle it here

Attic and cathedral-ceiling insulation are available on the no-assessment path above (up to $1,250 / $750), but the same work pays more if bundled into this assessment-required tier instead: up to $1,500 for attic and $780 for cathedral ceiling/flat roof.

Program status: not accepting applications

The City of Kingston's Better Homes Kingston loan program is no longer accepting new applications as of this writing. When it was open, it offered eligible homeowners a low-interest loan of up to $50,000 or 20% of your home's assessed value (whichever was less) for energy-efficiency upgrades, repaid through your property tax bill.

Four repayment terms were offered when the program was active: 5 years at 3.25%, 10 years at 4.00%, 15 years at 4.50%, or 20 years at 4.75%. There was also a $450 administration fee, waived for eligible applicants under the city's Municipal Fee Assistance Program.

If you're a Kingston homeowner interested in this kind of financing, sign up for updates on the city's Better Homes Kingston page in case a future intake opens — don't assume the loan terms above will be unchanged if and when it does reopen.

If you rent

The structural rebates above — heat pump, insulation, windows, solar, battery — attach to the property, so they go to whoever owns it, not to you. If you want one of these upgrades, the ask has to go to your landlord; point them to this page and the official homerenovationsavings.ca program details. Some smaller rebates, like the smart thermostat rebate, may not require proof of ownership at purchase — but confirm eligibility for your specific situation with the program directly before assuming.

If you own a condo unit

In-unit upgrades you control yourself — a heat pump water heater, in-suite windows — may qualify for the rebates above, but usually need your condo board's written approval first, especially for anything touching shared systems or exterior walls. Get that approval documented before applying; the HRSP program requires proof the work was authorized. Now that Better Homes Kingston is closed to new applications, condo boards planning a bigger retrofit shouldn't count on that financing being available — check the program's status again before budgeting around it.

If it's a whole-building retrofit

A heat pump, insulation, or solar project for the whole building is a group decision that goes through your condo board or property manager, not individual owners, and the per-unit rebate math is likely different from the single-family figures on this page. This page doesn't have confirmed multi-unit numbers for Kingston — your board should contact the HRSP program directly at homerenovationsavings.ca to confirm what applies to a multi-unit building.